Endive · Al Hoceïma, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to plant endive in Al Hoceïma
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Al Hoceïma, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Al Hoceïma
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Endive through the year
Against the frost risk in Al Hoceïma
Why these dates
Sow from two weeks after the last frost through midsummer for autumn heads. Early sowings bolt, so this is one to hold back rather than rush.
Hardy to about -6C, and blanching heads under a pot also shelters them from the first frosts.
Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Endive are timed from 6 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Al Hoceïma.
Also in Al Hoceïma
Other vegetables to time
Growing endive in Al Hoceïma
How much frost will endive tolerate?
Hardy to about -6C, and blanching heads under a pot also shelters them from the first frosts.